The Forbidden Kids || Harry Potter x An Original Storyline

PART EIGHTEEN: The Hospital Wing

Chosen Song For This Part (Harry - Luna): I'm in love with u, sorry - j'san

-Hermione's POV-

We'd arrived at the hospital wing at around 10pm, and you could believe that Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore himself weren't impressed with ANY of us, I had to do my absolute best to convince them that we just happened to be at the right place at the right time. But being at the Three Broomsticks was a whole other story, and honestly, even with trying to convince them, I don't think they believed me, but pretended to. 

Harry had been sitting by Luna's side since we got here, he hadn't left her once, every little movement alerted him and he was ready to make sure she was okay, and luckily, she was. She just needed as much rest as she could get for the remainder of this weekend, but it was now almost 12am, and Harry hadn't budged, I decided to try and get him to go and get some rest. 

"Harry, it's late, you should get some rest" I whispered, resting my hand on his shoulder. 

He didn't budge, and I felt myself sigh. I didn't want to push him to go and get some rest, but he's been looking really tired lately, and I'm not sure why. Ron says he's been tossing and turning in his sleep and talking. He reckons Harry is having his dreams again, and if he is, this puts us in more danger than we could possibly already be in. 

My head has been swimming around what we experienced tonight with the group of girls, and honestly I don't know whether to be amazed, or scared.

How could Dumbledore and McGonagall let people so powerful into Hogwarts? This could be extremely dangerous for the rest of us students AND  the professors themselves. Surely they have to know something about this. It's unheard of that such powerful witches live within these walls, this is a whole new definition of powerful and I don't mean Lily Potter , James Potter and Dumbledore powerful, no, they're so much stronger than all of them combined. 

When I finally withdrew from my own thoughts, I saw Harry still sitting on Luna's bed and watching over her, as much as I loved being there for people, this was irritating me a bit. 

"Harry!" I whisper-shouted and his head finally turned towards me. 

"Go to bed, now! You need rest and so do I" I breathed out heavily, still keeping my voice in a whisper. 

A sudden frown formed on his face and his eyebrows furrowed, I realised that I had potentially just upset him and now, the feeling of sorrow rushed over me. How could I be so stupid to be straightforward with him, and especially at a fragile time. I knew how much he cares about her and I felt the need to apologise. 

"Harry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-" I was cut off by a very upset Harry Potter. 

"No, Hermione. You shouldn't have been so rude just then. Do you realise what on earth just happened to Luna?! If we hadn't have been there, she could've been left unconscious or worse, DEAD." Harry whispered irritably. 

"I think if you were in her position, you would want someone to stay with you. Recovering from an unexpected Dementor attack with no warning, isn't exactly the nicest situation to be in" He finished, turning back to Luna and taking her hand into his, his thumb stroked over the back of her hand. 

Instantly I felt sorry for her, but being blow off by your best friend doesn't exactly come around too gently, and I felt my anger rise again, I started to head towards him, but with no intention to harm him, but talk him down a little bit. 

"Just because you love her, does NOT  mean you get to turn your best friend away from you, you hear me? I am trying to HELP  you, you need to sleep, Harry, you look AWFUL." I whisper-shouted once more, and as I approached him, he stood up. 

"Alright, I love her, yes. In fact, i'm IN LOVE  with her, Hermione, but what makes you think you can come and sit in here, and give out orders Hermione, WHAT? " Harry whisper-shouted back. 

Suddenly, I stopped when I came face to face with him and looked him in the eyes. Right now, I didn't know who this Harry Potter was, he was being completely unreasonable and I knew for a fact that Luna would want him to rest, I would if I were her. I was about to come back with something when suddenly he turned his head away from me and looked out the large glass window. 

"What if they come back?" Harry asked softly, and my anger drained away. 

"Harry, don't be silly, they wouldn't get in here without a professor knowing." I soothed. 

He shook his head and looked back over towards Luna who was now, laying on her side. I saw a small smile form on his face and for moment, there was a calm atmosphere, until questions started arising again. Harry turned to face me and pulled me aside. 

"Why do you think they were there?" Harry asked me, keeping his voice low. 

"Harry, I get that I know lots of things, but this? I can't say I have an answer for it" I replied

He huffed and I saw him run his fingers through his hair in stress, he slightly gripped at it and tugged before lowering his hands. 

"I don't understand Hermione, dementors don't just come after people without a reason, and clearly, they want her for something" Harry stressed in his whisper.

Just as I were about to give an answer he probably wouldn't have liked, I heard a small, weak voice come from Luna's direction, and both me and Harry turned towards her before looking at each other and cautiously approaching. 

"H-Harry?" Luna whispered

"I'm here, i'm right here." Harry replied, taking her hand in his again, cautiously. 

Since earlier, we've been very cautious of the group, not because we think they'd harm us, but because we know that they're powerful, VERY  powerful. Magic so powerful can be extremely dangerous, especially if they're not dominated properly, and yet, we didn't know if the rest of them are the same as Amber, Alexis and Paige, or whether they knew themselves if they were or not. 

I found myself waving gently at Luna and in response, I got a small smile. 

"You didn't need to talk to Harry like that, you know" Luna commented, and I felt my cheeks burn. 

"It's okay Luna, I don't think she meant anything by it. She's just worried like I am." Harry whispered back to her, brushing a strand of hair off of her face. 

"But however, although it wasn't the right tone to take, she is right Harry. You need to rest, you BOTH  do" Luna smiled weakly. 

"I know but i'm worried about you and incase they come back" Harry whispered softly to her, the back of his finger stroking her cheek. 

"Harry, i'll be okay. Please, the both of you, rest. I'm still going to be here tomorrow" Luna said softly

"I'm not planning on going anywhere" she chuckled. 

Harry softly chuckled in response and I felt myself smile briefly, I decided to approach Harry and rest my hand on top of his shoulder, he looked up and nodded in agreement. 

Removing my hand as he stood up, I looked back over at Luna and saw how pale she looked at the moment. She looked much better than earlier, though. Just as we were about to leave, Harry kissed the back of her hand, and she smiled again. 

"Harry, Hermione?" Luna said our names and we both looked at her. 

"Thank you, for bringing me. I know that what you saw was unexplainable and probably scary, but it'll make sense at some point" Luna began, and me and Harry traded looks. 

"Don't be afraid of them. Please. It'll all come together soon. But right now, it won't make any sense." Luna finished, keeping her droopy eye contact with us. 

"Get some rest." was all I could reply with. 

As both me and Harry turned our backs, our names were called out again, and both of us turned once more. 

"What Happened?" Luna asked softly, her eyes closing in tiredness. 

"We'll explain another time, Luna" I responded, and placed my hand on Harrys upper back, before guiding him out of the wing and shutting the doors behind us both. 

Harry was glancing back at the doors and was hesitant to continue to walk away back to our dorms. I took his arm and held it gently, before looking into his eyes and smiling. All I could find were the words

"She'll be okay."

He nodded and glanced back once more, before finally giving in.

We both made our way back to the dorm, with the events of earlier still on our minds.